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Lamb Mine

Past Producer in Phelps county in Missouri, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101478
MRDS ID D003757
Record type Site
Current site name Lamb Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.55653, 37.80173 (WGS84)
Relative position HALF A MILE SOUTH OF CLINTON SWITCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phelps(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seaton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Phelps

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036N 006W 35 NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN BENTON CREEK AND NORMAN HOLLOW, AT THE HEAD OF THE WESTERN BRANCH OF BENTON CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE SAMPLE: 63.38 % PHOSPHORUS AND 0.022 % PHOSPHORUS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.55653, 37.80173
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AN ANNULAR OUTCROP OF FERRUGINOUS CLAY AND CHERT BRECCIA FRAGMENTS SURROUNDING THE PIT MAY OUTLINE THE EXTENT OF THE SINK STRUCTURE AT THIS PLACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Lamb (1912 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 42.67M
    Overall width 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN IRREGULAR PIT ON THE MAIN OUTCROP. SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THE PIT BUT NOT IN ORE. A 30-FT TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN EASTWARD INTO ORE FACE ON THE EAST WALL OF MAIN PIT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE MAIN PORTION OF THE ORE BODY STILL REMAINS UNCOVERED (CRANE, G.W., 1912).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 294 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 294 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 321 , 227 - 228 .

  • Production

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 321 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

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